Henry II/Henry Plantagenet
King of England from 1154 to 1189
The first of the Plantagenet and Angevin dynasty.
Count of Anjou and Nantes,
Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony,
Lord of Ireland
and at times controlled
parts of Wales, Scotland and western France.
Born March 5, 1133 at Le Mans, Maine, FR
Died July 6, 1189 in Chinon, FR
Buried at Fontevraud Abbey
Married
Eleanor of Aquitaine (two months previously Eleanor had annulled her marriage to Louis VII of France)
Children of Henry II and Eleanor:
- William, Count of Poitiers
- Henry the Young King
- Richard I of England
- Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
- John of England
- Matilda of England
- Eleanor of England
- Joan of England, Queen of Sicily
Henry's illegitimate children:
- William de Longspree
- Geoffrey, Archbishop of York
- Morgan of Beverley, Bishop of Durham elect
- Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln
- Matilda, Abbess of Barking
Step-children (though they were in custody of their father) by Eleanor's first marriage to Louis VII of France:
Siblings of Henry II:
half-siblings (father's legitimate) Emme d'Anjou, Geoffrey VI Count of Nantes and Anjou, William Count of Poitou,and illegitimate siblings: Hamelin Plantagenet, Mary, nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury, Adewis Plantagenet
| Fulk IV 'le Rechin' d'Anjou | |||
| Fulk V d'Anjou | Bertrada de Montfort | ||
| Helias I de la Fleche Count of Maine | |||
| Geoffrey V of Anjou | Aremburga of Maine | Mathilde de Chateau-du-Loire | |
| Henry II of England | |||
| Matilda of England | Henry I of England | William I of England | |
| Matilda of Flanders | |||
| Edith of Scotland | Malcom III of Scotland | ||
| St. Margaret of Scotland |
